In my previous post, I suggested that one way of putting the breaks our tendency toward global empire would be to institutional dis-incentivize both the President and Congress from deploying and using the military except when absolutely necessary. The first restraint I proposed was to take the veto power away from the President as soon as soldiers starting dying absent a declaration of war. Basically, this would say to the President: "You can have your war without congressional consent, but you will lose your leverage over domestic politics if you do. If it's that important to you, so be it."
More on the anti-empire amendment
More on the anti-empire amendment
More on the anti-empire amendment
In my previous post, I suggested that one way of putting the breaks our tendency toward global empire would be to institutional dis-incentivize both the President and Congress from deploying and using the military except when absolutely necessary. The first restraint I proposed was to take the veto power away from the President as soon as soldiers starting dying absent a declaration of war. Basically, this would say to the President: "You can have your war without congressional consent, but you will lose your leverage over domestic politics if you do. If it's that important to you, so be it."